Apparel buckle



Sept. 1, 1931. A. H. KERNGOOD APPAREL BUCKLE Filed Sept. 10, 1930 frame.

Patented Sept. 1, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALLEN H. KEBNGOOD,OF'BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO ALMA MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY OFBALTIMORE CITY, F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A COBPO- RATION OF MARYLANDAPPAREL BUCKLE Application. filed September 10, 1930. SeriaI No.481,052.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a two-part slide oradjustable buckle, especially for use on washablefabric belts forapparel, both of which parts are capable of being attached to the beltwithout sewing or other extraneous fastenings, the parts when engagedbeing free ofliability to accidental disconnection.

The invention consists of a two-part buckle, each part having a frameprovided with cross-bars and an end bar about which the belt ends areloopedand so secured, and one of said parts having a front end barprovided with a hook-engaged bar depressed from the level of the frame,and the other part having a front end bar provided with a humped hookextending downwardly and reversely beneath the frame and adapted toengage the depressed portion of the front end bar of the other part andbe held in such engagement against accidental parting or dislocation, asI will proceed now more fully to explain and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is aperspective view showing the two parts of the buckle disengaged. Fig. 2is a. longitudinal section of the buckle mounted upon opposite ends of abelt, the ends only of the belt being shown. and the two parts of thebuckle engaged.

The part shown at the right in the drawings, has any suitable frame. Theframe shown is composed of side bars 1 and 2, a rear end bar 3 and afront end bar 4, all on a substantially common level. The side barsareconnected by a pair of parallel cross bars and 6, arranged between theend bars 3 and 4, and depressed from the level of the frame. The frontend bar 4: is cut back at 7 between its ends and toward the cross bar 6,and has, at its extreme front end, a hook-engaged bar 8, which isdepressed from the level of the The bars 5 and 6 are separated from theend bars and from one another by the intermediate slots 9, 10 and 11,which serve to permit the looping and securing of the belt end and thepart, as indicated in Fig. 2. The depressed bar 8 is spaced apart fromthe remainder of the end bar 4 by the slot 12 which permits theengagement and disengagement of the hook with said bar 8.

The part shown at the left in the drawings, has any suitable frame, theone shown being composed of the side bars 13 and 1 1, a rear end bar 15and a front end bar 16, all on a substantially common level. The sidebars are connected by a pair of parallel cross bars 17 and 18 arrangedbetween the end bars 15 and 16 and depressed from the level of theframe. The front and rear end bars and the cross bars are separated bythe slots 19, 20 and 21. The front end bar 16 has the forwardlyextending hook 22 which is curved l downwardly and then rearwardly'so asto underlie the frame, and at the bottom ofthe curve it is provided withan upstanding hump 23 which coacts with the bar 8'to lock the V I buckleparts against accidental disengagement when connected as shown in Fig.2. The lip 24 of the hook extends, preferably rearwardly beyond thefront bar 16 so as to further the disengaging function of the hook andbar 8. 7

The parts are engaged by tilting one or the other, so that the lip ofthe hook may enter the slot 12 and the parts then turned to a commonlevel, as indicated in Fig. 2. Disengagement is effected by a reversemovement of the parts.

The parts may be died out of sheet metal. and stamped or pressed toshape. They may be ornamented as desired and finished according toorder. The ends of the belt are passed beneath the rear bars of theframe,'up through the- 1 rear slots then over the two intermediatedepressed cross bars, then around the front cross bars, then returnedthrough the front slots and over the rear cross bars and then throughthe rear slots so as to be firmly pinched between the rear cross barsand the end bars of the frames, thereby avoiding,

the necessity of serving or otherwise fastening such belt ends, and alsoadmitting of the adjustment of the parts to loosen or tighten the belt,after the manner of a slide.

Variations in details of construction are:

permissible .Within the principle of the invention and the claimfollowing.

What I claim is An apparel buckle, composed of a frame,

0 having side bars, front and rear end bars,

and cross bars between the end bars, with slots'intervening between theend bars and said cross bars, and a hook-engaging cross bar at thefront, the intervening cross bars and the hook-engaging cross bar beingdepressed from thelevel of the frame, and another frame havin a hook atits leading end to engage the hook-engaging cross bar to position thetwo frames in a common level.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand thisjninth day ofSeptember, A. D.

ALLEN H. KERNGO OD.

